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“Business today looks to modern, mobile applications to drive revenue, differentiation and loyalty,” said Bill Fathers, executive vice president and general manager, Hybrid Cloud Services Business Unit, VMware. “We are continuing to push the pace of our cloud expansion, intent to make VMware vCloud Air the industry’s leading hybrid cloud platform for building, deploying, scaling and operating next-generation, mobile-cloud applications.”
A year after introducing VMware vCloud Air (previously, VMware vCloud Hybrid Service[i]), VMware’s hybrid cloud platform has expanded its global footprint to provide US, European and Asia-Pacific businesses of all sizes with the fastest path to cloud.
Now with eight data centers in the US, UK and Japan, VMware recently announced its hybrid cloud expansion in the Asia-Pacific region via a joint venture with SoftBank Telecom Corp. and SoftBank Commerce & Service Corp. (SoftBank C&S) that brought vCloud Air to Japan. In addition, VMware has announced a strategic partnership with China Telecom to build a world-class hybrid cloud service in Beijing.
VMware vCloud Air – a hybrid platform for existing and new applications
Today at VMworld 2014, VMware is introducing new vCloud Air platform capabilities to support mobile-cloud applications:
New VMware vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud On Demand – Will provide customers with on demand access to vCloud Air, in an instant access with the swipe of a credit card. Billing is provided in arrears for services consumed. Initially offered as a qualified beta, customers can apply for a vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand account at http://www.vmware.com/go/ondemand.
New VMware vCloud Air Object Storage – Designed to offer extremely scalable, cost effective, and durable storage for unstructured data, VMware vCloud Air Object Storage will enable customers to easily scale to petabytes and only pay for what they use. VMware vCloud Air Object Storage will include lifecycle management, versioning and large object features that will simplify and reduce management overhead and for highly available hybrid application deployments.
Hybrid Mobile Cloud solutions and new pre-validated mobility capabilities
A wide array of pre-validated solutions offered by independent software vendors (ISVs) will be available on vCloud Air. These mobility experts provide customers with a choice of proven capabilities to meet a spectrum of customer needs in keeping pace with the rapidly changing mobile landscape.
Pricing and Availability
- VMware vCloud Air Object Storage is expected to be available in beta in Q3 2014 with general service availability expected in Q1 2015.
- VMware vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand is available today through a qualified beta program, with general service availability expected in Q1 2015. Developers and IT organizations interested in a trial of Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand can learn more about participating at: http://www.vmware.com/go/ondemand
- Available today, pricing for the mobile development services within VMware’s vCloud Air’s service catalog vary and are determined by individual ISVs.
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